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I checked my hives today and when I went to remove theCover plate for my screened bottom board I noticed something that looked like mole tunnels on the top of the board. Kind of like a tube of dirt. After I scrapped that all off I cleaned off the SBB snd under thst were seversl rows of small silk cocoons thst looked like wax moths.I scrsped them off too.What would make the dirt tubes on the sheet covering the screened bottom board?

If you notice an indent in the wood after removing the tube I'd say that is a good indication of wax moth larvae activity.

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When I saw the two rows of coccoons undrr the screened bottom boardI thought about it being was moths. I did not have any grooves chewedAnywhere. Ive seen wax moths before. I will check my second hive theNext warm day we have and see if I can tale pictures of snything I find that looked like what I saw on the first hive.I have no wax moth damage on the hives so far.Thanks to everyone for their help.

Both my hives are sitting on 12 X 12 pressure treated sections of pilingsOne under the front and one under the back of the hive.They give me plenty of room to rest frames do they dont get sand on themduring inspections.The pilings are about 3 1/2 feet long.I have not seen any sign of termites or Wax moths. Just spiders and a few roaches.

Sounds like dirt dabbers to me .Here in Ga. they will build dirt tunnels every where, like behind vinyl siding or any close area they can hide.The tunnels are made with whatever dirt source is available and they will crumble when pressure is applied.The longer they are there the less fragile the tunnels are.